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About Housesitting

The recession seems to be hovering around us and many financial decisions are being made. Some folk are taking holidays, others are cancelling them. Those planning holidays are looking at foreign currency...

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Keeping warm in bed

I travel quite a bit and often find that when I get cold (either at home or travelling) I find it very hard to sleep or settle. In Australia I travel with my own home made wheat bag - which I made. It is a...

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The Best New Year's Resolutions

I think the population is divided 50/50 on whether resolutions are worth committing to. I think there is some data that suggests that most resolutions are broken before the end of January!! I don't make...

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Sleeping arrangements for married couples.

When I try to get a discussion about this topic, I am often met with shock. Aren't married couples meant to share the one bed - forever? What do you mean? What the ...! But I have learned that it is almost a...

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How I lost 10 kgs in 3 months easily - with no diet, and no gym

One of the reasons I lost weight so quickly is that my apartment is on the fifth floor and there is no elevator. I remember when I came, how challenged I was by this walk upstairs, but now I can do it...

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Fake Degrees - Employers beware!

It seems that more and more people are taking advantage of the on-line-get your-degree programs that promise degrees without the need to study. Many employers are being duped by these documents, because we...

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Fruit in China

Living and working in China provides wonderful opportunities to study informally the way that the Chinese people live and work. It has been an extra ordinary experience that I will treasure for the rest of...

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How do you know if you're dehydrated?

I'm no expert in this field but on several occasions I have been aware of my own dehydration, and so now am tuned to my own body responses. I seldom get headaches - but I learned when I was teaching a class...

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House Sitting 2010

Despite the global financial traumas of 2009, people are still holidaying, and there are still many opportunities for house sitting. Why would anyone want to do house sitting? I know it takes a "special...

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Visiting Australia

Port Denison, WA, Australia The huge coast of Western Australia is well worth a visit - but you need several weeks at least to see it properlay - there are so many picturesque places, historical places, and...

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